Paulo Freire

James D. Kirylo is Associate Professor of education in the College of Education and Human Development at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has taught at the University of South Alabama, Universidad Evángelica del Paraguay, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and for many years at the elementary school level; he is the recipient of several teaching awards. His research interests are in the areas of teacher leadership, curriculum development, literacy, and critical pedagogy. He has published works in several journals, and is the author of Teaching, Learning, and Reflecting: Essays on Education (2004) and co-editor of Curriculum Development: Perspectives from Around the World (2010).

Donaldo Macedo: Foreword – Shirley R. Steinberg: Preface: In the Ninetieth Year – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Brazil: A Land of Many Contrasts – Part I: Life and Work: – It Began in Recife – The Educator (Before the Exile) – The Exile Years (1964–1980) – Returning Home – Influences: An Overview –Freirean Themes – Part II: Liberation Theology, Critical Pedagogy, and Legacy – Liberation Theology and Paulo Freire – Paulo Freire, Black Theology of Liberation, and Liberation Theology: A Conversation (with James H. Cone – An Overview of Critical Pedagogy: A Case in Point in Freirean Inspired Teaching – The Influence of Freire on Scholars: A Select List – An Interview with Ana Maria (Nita) Araújo Freire – The Man from Recife and Why He Matters – Peter McLaren: Afterword: Paulo Freire: Defending His Heritage to Remake the Earth – Appendix A – Appendix B – References – Index.

"If Paulo Freire could read this book, he would certainly be happy with how James D. Kirylo has presented his thought, faithfully and respectfully recreating him without distortion."
Ana Maria Araújo Freire

"James D. Kirylo’s insightful book is a great complement to Paulo Freire’s ‘Letters to Cristina’ and Ana Maria Araújo Freire’s «Paulo Freire: Uma História de Vida»…Reading Kirylo’s book reminds me, once again, how I feel enormously blessed for having had the opportunity to work and collaborate with Paulo Freire so closely for many years."
Donaldo Macedo, University of Massachusetts Boston

"Paulo Freire has cultivated the ground for a long revolution, and James D. Kirylo’s outstanding new work has skillfully and with prescient insight illuminated this ground in ways few books on Freire have managed to accomplish…Kirylo’s book reminds us that while the path made by Paulo Freire was a singular path, it has, over the decades, formed an international hub where travelers worldwide can gather and find rest and replenishment in order to take up again the long walk towards revolution.
Peter McLaren, University of California, Los Angeles